Amici, of Basinghall-street, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Charles Hicks, esq. of Finsbury Square. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Lieute nant-colonel Hugh Sutherland, to Ann, daughter of the late Hector Mackay, esq. of Streatham. At St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Mr. John Parkinson, of Kingsland-road, to Diana, se cond daughter of James Chappell, esq. At Mary-le-bone, the Rev. George Murray, to Lady Sarah Maria Hay.-Robert Bateson, esq. of Belvoir Park, in the county of Down, only son of Thomas Bateson, esq. of Orange Field, in the same county, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Samuel Dickson, esq. of the county of Limerick.➡ William Wilkins, esq. of Manchester-street, architect, to Miss Alicia Murphy, of New Cavendish-street. At St. George's, Hanover-square, H. T. King, esq. of Soho-square, to Miss Knight, of Sloane-street. At St. James's, Mr. George Bedford, of Bath, to Olivia Frances, only daughter of Colonel Smith, of the Island of St. He lena. At St. Martin's in the Fields, Mr. P. Whitworth, youngest son of William W. esq. of Aswardby, Lincolnshire, to Miss Harriet Cooper, of Grantham. At St. Giles's in the Fields, William, NELSON'S FAME can only be the End of second son of George Ward, esq. of Belle Time. The committee appointed to carry into execution the resolution of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the city of London, for erecting a statue of his Majesty (in marble) in the Council Chamber at Guildhall, have adopted the model of Mr. Chantrey, which represents his Majesty standing in his robes, in the act of answering an address of the city of London, which address he holds in his left hand, in the form of a scroll, marked with the city arms. In the back ground is a pediment, on which are described the emblems of commerce, agriculture, the arts, and manufactures: and the pediment supports the globe, on which are delineated the tracks observed by the prindipal circumnavigators of the present reign, encircled by the British flag. This emblem characteristic of the triumphant command the British flag possesses in every part of the world, the natural and necessary consequence of the splendour of our naval superiority. The figure of his Majesty is graceful and well proportioned. Mr. Chantrey has also been particularly happy in the choice of his emblems, and pays a well-merited compliment to our Sovereign for that liberal protection which his Majesty has extended to the fine arts. MARRIED. At St. Michael Bassishaw, Mr. F. G Vue, Isle of Wight, to Emily, fifth daughter of H. C. Combe, esq. M. P. Corbett, esq. major in the Cheshire militia, At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Edwin to Anne, second daughter of John Blackburne, esq. M. P. for Lancashire.-Wm. Ed-ward Tomline, esq. to Frances, only daughter of the late John Amler, esq. of.Ford Hall, Shropshire. At Deptford, Mr. Samuel Ralph, surgeon, of Tunbridge, to Miss Dornford, one of the the grand-daughters of the late Josiah D. esq. At Lambeth, Thomas Hayter, esq. of Brixton-hill, to Miss Wooding. At Lewisham, Hanson Berry, esq. eldest son of Sir John Berry, bart. to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Henry Tahourdin, esq. of Sy denham. At Newington, the Rev. Edward Andrews, of Romford, to Miss Bayley, daughter of the late P. B. esq. of Nantwich, Cheshire. At St. George's, Southwark, William Mackay, M. D. of the Royal Navy, to Amelia, youngest daughter of the late J. C. De bell, esq. of Bath. Rafael de Cruz Guerriero, secretary of legation from the Prince Regent of Portugal to the court of London, to Evelyn Palyart, daughter of Ignatius P. esq. of Be ford Place, Russel Square. DIED DIED. In Jersey, Lieutenant Fletewood, of the Royal Navy, agent for transports in that island. Lieutenant F. was, till lately, charged with the superintendance of the transport service at Lisbon; but, in consequence of a misunderstanding between him and the admiral, commanding on that station, arising out of a subject highly creditable to the heart of the lieutenant, he was superseded. This circumstance so deeply affected his mind, as to impel him to commit suicide, by cutting his throat. On his table were found three letters: one for a captain in the Royal Navy; the second for the lieutenant of the Grosney signal-post, hinting at the cause of the catastrophe, begging him to take care of his dear children (his wife being dead), to give them what money was due to him; and also requesting him to see his remains decently interred. This desire was faithfully executed. The third was addressed to his mother, whose affliction is heightened by the circumstance of its not having been forwarded to her. This officer, having entered at an early age into the Royal Navy, had served his country in some of the most brilliant engagements, and in various parts of the world, during the late and present contest. Enthusiastically devoted to his profession, he had acquired a degree of nautical skill and experience, very rarely equalled at his age, and a readiness of resource which raised him above every emergency. With these qualities he combined a high sense of honour and unshaken integrity; so that his premature decease may truly be deplored as a public loss. Ja Charterhouse Square, Mrs. Rowlatt, relict of William R. esq. 69. At Dulwich, Edward Browne, esq. 74. Jonathan Court, esq. late in the East India Company's civil service at Calcutta. In Downing Street, Westminster, Mrs, Collett. At the New River Head, Islington, Robert Milne, esq. 78. In Gray's Inn Lane, Mrs. Esther Bitbrey. In James Street, Westminster, at the house of P. Colquhoun, esq. his father-in-law, Lieu tenant-colonel Barclay, of the 52d regiment, of the wounds which he received at the battle of Busaco, where he commanded a light brigade. In Wallbrook, Richard Bridger, esq. late one of the cashiers in the Bank of EngJend, 73. In Great James Street, William Webb, sq. 74. At Stanwell Place, Lady Gibbons, wife of Sir William G. bart, and sister to Sir Charles Watson, bart. At Dorchester House, Louisa, daughter of Major-General Macleod. At Holloway, Mr. Ingleby, of Wood Street, 69. At Egham, John Delamain, esq. of Berner's Street. At Hadley, Mrs. Amy Burreaus, 81. At his house in Westminster, Lieutenant. In Sloane Square, Chelsea, in his 60th year, Mr. J. Fraser, well known to the bas tanical world by his useful and extensive re searches in North America, and other regions. In New Burlington Street, Joseph Hill, esq. of Wargrave Hill, Berks. In Lincoln's Inn Fields, William Hamilton, esq. 82, In Berner's Street, Frederie, youngest con of Mr. Fane, 15. In Craven Street, Warwick Francis, son of John Tatham, esq. In Old Cavendish Street, Mr. John Mas donald. At Shepherd's Bush, John Kilbinton, 657.49. In King Street, Cheapside, Mr. Abraham Slack, 50. In Gower Street, Bedford Square, Mrs. Peters, 82, In Northumberland Street, Mrs. Brown, relict of Richard B. esq. of Newcastle upon Tyne, 59. In Devonshire Place, Matthew Bell, esq. of Woolsington, Northumberland, a gentleman highly respected by a numerous acquaintance and possessed of a benevolence of mind that rendered his wealth a blessing to numbers of his fellow-creatures. In Lower Brook Street, Mrs. Milnes, relict of John M. esq. of South Collingham, Notts, 73. At Brompton, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stephens, late of the 3d foot guards. In her 85th year, Mrs. Mary Cole, widow. of the ingenious Mr. Cole, who formerly car ried on an extensive manufactory on the Surry side of Westminster bridge, and was the in ventor of the chain-pumps used in the navy. At Kensington, William Smith, esq. nephew 74. In Parliament Street, W. Sager, eiq, In the South Crescent, Bedford Square, Mrs. Cooper, wife of Samuel C, esq. At York Hospital, Chelsea, John Thomaş Eyre, esq. paymaster. In Duke Street, Oxford Street, in conser quence of her clothes taking fire, Miss Chara lotte Summer. At Paddington Green, John Gray, esq L.L.D. 88. After a few hours illness, of the gout in his stomach, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Baron Ashley, of Winborne St. Giles; Baron Cooper, of Pawlet, a Baronet, and F.R.S. His Lordship was born Sept. 17, 1761, succeeded to the family honours and estates in 1771, and in 1786 married Barbara, only daughter of the late Sir John Webb, an opulent Roman Catholic baronet, by whom he had issue only one daughter, born in 1785. The title consequently devolves to Ais brother, the Hon. Cropley Ashley Cooper, M.P. for Dorchester. At Buckenham, Norfolk, the Right Honourable Sir James Pulteney, bart. M.P. for Weymouth, a member of the Privy Council, and colonel of the 18th regiment of foot. His death was occasioned by an accident which he experienced while shooting with a gun having a lock of new invention, which not being in proper order, he no sooner pulled the trigger than his right eye was blown out. He languished in great pain for a few days, till his death. Sir James entered the army very young, and served in the American war, At the commencement of the war of the French revolution, he accompanied the Duke of York to Flanders, as adjutant-general of the army under the command of his Royal Highness; and was afterwards appointed to conduct an ansuccessful expedition against Ferrol. On the formation of the present administration, he was appointed secretary at war, which office he resigned about a year ago. He possessed very extensive information on almost all subjects, and often displayed considerable talents in the senate as an orator, and even as a financier. He was well acquainted with the scientific parts of his own profession, and his personal courage was never questioned: but he wanted that active energy and prompness of character, which is essential to military success. His habits were rather of that plodding and deliberating kind, which some times occasions irresolution. His name, which was originally Murray, he changed for Pulteney, on his marriage, in 1794, to the late Countess of Bath, by whom he had no issue. The immense annual revenue which he derived as the interest alone out of the Pulteney property, by the will of that lady, was full 50,0001. per annum; the principal of which, by his death, now devolves, by the same will, on the four children of Mrs. Markham, daughter of Sir Richard Sutton, bart. by a son of the late Archbishop of York, who was divorced from her husband about six years ago. In his title and paternal estate he is succeeded by his brother, Major general Murray. William Boscawen, esq. a commissioner of the victualling-office, nephew to the celebrated Admiral Boscawen. He was educated at Eton, and brought up to the profession of the law, but resigned his gown for his appoinment is the victualling-office. His Uterary productions have been: "A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes,” 8vo. 1792. "The Works of Horace, translated into English Verse," 2 vols. 8vo. 1793, 1797. The Progress of Satire, an essay in verse, with Notes, containing Remarks on the Par suits of Literature," an 8vo. pamphlet, 1798. "Supplement to the Progress of Satire, containing Remarks on the Answer that has been attempted to be given to it," an 8vo. pamphlet, 1799. In the two latter, Mr. Boscawen defends himself against the attacks of the author of the Pursuits of Literature, with a manliness and generosity of sentiment which appear to great advantage, when contrasted with that obliquity of character which marks his rival. In his translation of Horace, on which performance his reputation as an author chiefly rests, he has been most successful in the Odes; and it is no contemptible praise to admit, that his version is, ge nerally speaking, the best we have of that admired poet. In Bedford Street, Russell Square, in his 85th year, Richard Cumberland, esq. of whom a detailed account will be given in our next Number. At her house in Upper Mary le bone Street, Mrs. Clio Richman. Perhaps the mention of this event should be sufficient to excite the regret of all those who know to appreciate the great and excellent qualities of which the female mind is capable; but, as the unassuming and unostentatious virtues of this admirable woman, secluded her, like gold, ia the mine from the public view, it becomes the duty of the biographer to give, if pos sible, her true character to the world, a duty in the execution of which he would trium, phantly pass by the ephemeral merits of emperors and kings, as comparatively un worthy of attention. The writer of this article has been honored with many years acquaintance with Mrs. Rickman; but, pare tial as he may be to her memory, recollec tion of the purity and candour of her heart, forbids him saying more of the exalted subject of her praise, than what he conscientiously feels to be her due. Mrs. Rickman at an early age, became the wife of Mr. Thomas Clio Rickman, with whose character and talents the public have been long ac quainted. Perhaps there never was an ing stance of the union of two minds more truly congenial in ardency of feeling, liberality of sentiment, and active morality, joined to 4 contempt of those prejudices, vulgar or po lite, that interfere with the intellectual hap piness of social man. Thus constituted, it can not be matter of surprize, that amid the severest persecutions of power, continued pe cuniary difficulties,and the injustice and malevolence of the base and canting crowd, whom the nakedness of virtue offends, but whom the cumbrous trappings of vice and folly delights they they should for a series of years have en joyed and diffused a degree of felicity seldom attained by the human race. Superiorly gifted in mind, Mrs. Rickman smilingly acruggled against the frowns of fortune, and struggled with success, so far as her noblest aims were answered. By her exertions the business on which they entered became an object of high importance, and its minutest derails were conducted by herself with that precision, regularity, and comprehensiveness of mind, which with equal ease embraced the most momentous and the minor transactions of life. A large family of children (seven of whom, one girl and six boys, are doomed with their surviving parent, for ever to mourn her loss) were brought into life, and their education superintended by her; and, young as many of them still are, the lessons which, by precept and example, she has instilled into their minds, will doubtless be cherished and revered by them to the last periods of existence. No arrogance or assumption of superiority ever marked the beautiful tenor of her way; indeed her virtues were more discoverable in their effects, than by any pompous or affected display of them. It was not however in the shade of domestic life alone that her merits were exercised and put to the test; her grasp of mind, and vigour of exertion, were no less forcibly tried by the political and troublesome circumstances of the times, where her husband's liberty and safety were menaced and invaded by measures ori-ginating in the suspicious tempers of those servants of the crown, who, estimating the standard of other men's minds by their own, could see nothing in sterling integrity and honest independence, but selfish ambition and revolutionary fervor. She had to contend, on the occasions referred to, with a host of legal characters, whom she astonished by the force and pertinency of her remarks, and compelled into admiration of the superiority of her genius, and the activity of her exertions. Her husband is in all probability indebted to her for his escape from the cruelty of persecutions, as base as they were unjust, and he never ceased to express his sense of what he owes in these and a variety of other instances, to this exalted woman. It was in fact the case with her as it is with him; no circumstance, other than the death of a relative or friend, had power seriously to hurt her mind; but there she was vulnerable; and the death of a little girl, her youngest child, about three years since, affected her deeply, and perhaps in a degree laid the foundation of the lingering illness which has terminated so fatally for her family, and so unfortunately for the circle whom she honored with her friendship. In short, whether we regard her as a daughter, a wife, a mother, or a friend, we shall find her to have excelled in the performance of the duties attached to each character; we shall and the force of her, affections to have been alone equalled by the MONTHLY MAG. No. 113. powers of her mind, and that she was fitted not only to adorn, but to amend and improve, any station or rank in life in which Providence might have placed her. The Rev. Dr. Jobs Vardill, whose death we noticed in p. 188, of our No. for March, was educated in King's College, New York, of which he was elected principal, and appointed Regius Professor of Divinity. When America. claimed independence, he resigned his bright prospect there, and embraced the cause of the mother country; where he distinguished himself by many publications worthy an acute and liberal politician. He was a rare example of splendid talents, devoted to the purest philanthropy; and of profound scholastic knowledge, blended with the most endearing social virtues. During the last ten years, severe sickness withdrew him from those public circles, of which his wit, eloquence, and urbanity, had rendered him the ornament; but his memory will be treasured while those who knew him exist. [Further particulars of Dr. Maskelyne, whose death is mentioned at page 182 of our Number for Marcb.]-Dr. M. was originally fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1754; M.A. 1757; B.D. 1768; D.D. 1777. He was presented in Jan. 1775, by his nephew Lord Clive, to the rectory of Shrawarden, in Salop; and in 1782 by the master and fellows of his college, to the living of North Runcton, in Norfolk. Having at an early period of life given proofs of his abilities as a mathematician and astronomer, Dr. M. went to Barbadoes, under the appointment of the Board of Longitude, for the purpose of trying Mr. Harrison's marine time-keeper, for which the inventor claimed the premium offered by parliament. first publication was a quarto pamphlet, with a view to the improvement of practical navigation, entitled, "The British Mariner's Guide," published in 1763. His reputation was by this time so completely established, and his talents were so highly appreciated, that, on the death of Dr. Nathaniel Bliss, in 1765, he was appointed to the situation of Astronomer Royal to his Majesty. In 1767 he published, by order of the commissioners of His longitude, an account of Mr John Harrison's watch. In 1774, the president and council of the Royal Society, brought out in a folio volume, at the public expence, his tables for computing the apparent Places of the Fixed Stars, and reducing Observations of the Planets. In 1776, he produced the first volume, in folio, of his Astronomical Obser vations, made at the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich, from the year 1765. The continuation of this important work has since been given to the world in the same form, in obedience to his Majesty's command. I 1792, Dr. M. presented the public with the invaluable tables of Logarithms, by the late indefatigable Michael Taylor, who sunk under his task and died, when only five pages $2 of of his work remained unfinished, bequeathing to the world a most remarkable monument of human industry. Dr. M. had always encouraged the design, and now took upon him self to finish the work, to which he prefixed a most masterly introduction, rendering the whole a very complete performance. In the eminent station which he held during the long period of forty-six years, he conducted himself in such a manner as to gain the esteem of all men of science, both of this and other countries ; and, it must be admitted, shat few have fulfilled its duties with so much ability, acne perhaps so usefully for the public. M. Grosley, in his book inti. tuled, "Londres," 3 vols. 8vo. 1770, among many disparaging characters of Englishmen whom he saw in his stay at London in 1765, gives this advantageous one of Dr. Maske lyne, chez lequel je trouvai une politesse et une complaisance que les Savans de co rang n'ont pas toujours pour des Passans." As a Christian, both his life and pious resignation to the will of God at his death testify, that, however science might have engaged his attention, his higher duties to his Maker were not thereby neglected. PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South, Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly au thenticated, and sent free of Postage, are always thankfully received. Those are more particularly acceptable which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent or remarkable Characters recently deceased. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. THE winning of Fawdon colliery, near Newcastle, is completed, and opens a aract of coal of the best quality, sufficient for a century to come, being the whole mines under the estate belonging to the late Sir Arthur Haselrigge, bart. containing nearly 5000 acres. Married.] At Blyth, Mr. Stephenson Scaife, of Newcastle, to Miss Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. W. collector of the customs at Blyth.. At Alnwick, Mr. Thomas Riddell, to Miss Weddell. At Newcastle, Mr. Thomas Reaveley, to Miss Mary Mitchell.-Mr. J. C. Ward, to Miss Margaret Stoddart, of Ravensworth. At Corbridge, the Rev. J. D. Wastell, of Risby, Suffolk, to Frances, daughter of B. Wastell, esq. of Aydon House, Northum berland. At Hexham, Mr. Thomas Ridley, to Miss Judith Rogers. At Newburn, Mr. William Catcheside, of Fenwick, to Miss Robson, of Throckley. At Berwick, Mr. Clement Pattinson, to Miss Ann Marshall. At South Shields, Captain John Patton, of the Ceres transport, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Hewison. Died.] At Newcastle, Henry Richard, son of Mr. William Fife, surgeon. Mrs. Ste phenson. Mr. John Watson, 66.-Mr. Joseph Renwick, 35-Mr. A. Mackintosh, 41. Mrs. Bridget Curry.—Mr. J. A. Kidd, 37. Miss Ann Hodgson, 22.-Mr. Richard Gee, 22 --Andrew Fiery, 100. He retained kis faculties to the last At Durham, Mr. William Gray, jun. 49. -Mr. William Shaftoe, attorney, captain in the Durham volunteer infantry, 33. At Newbottle, near Houghton-le-Spring, Edward Wetherall, esq. 68. At Byker Hill, Mrs. Hunter, wife of Mat. thew H. esq. 41. At South Shields, Miss Giles, 40.—Mr. Thomas Carens, 50.-Mrs. Mead, 83. At North Shields, Mr. William Brown. At Berwick, Mr. John Craig.-Margaret Douglas, 85.Jane, wife of Mr. Joseph Atkinson, 60.-Mrs. Steel, 56.Mr. Joha Morgan, 66,-Mrs. Mary Heslop, 73.-Mr. John Dunlop, 72.-Mrs. Catherine Hogg, 76, Mr. Bruce, 32. At Bishopwearmouth, Eleanor, wife of Mt. Samuel Clark, 82.-Miss Rippon.--Mr. John Booth, 58. At Sunderland, Serjeant-major Robinson, of the Westminster militia, 57.-Miss Isabella Graham.-Mrs. Ann Chilton. Mrs. Jane Wardle, 60. At Newburn, Mr. John Hedley, 62. At Seaham Mill, Mr.Samuel Stephenson, 30. At Alnwick, Mr. John Ancel, 63. At Hartburn, near Stockton, Mrs. Ward. At Ryton, Mrs. Thorpe, wife of the Rev. Mr. T. and only daughter of H. C. Selby, esq. of Swansfield. At Simonburn, Mrs. Bell. At Acomb Toll Bar, Robert Kell, 92. At Anick, James Crozier, 101. At Longhirst, near Morpeth, Robert, son of Mr. Roger Thompson, 20. At Claypeth, Miss Isabella Wilson, only daughter of Mr. Thomas W. 16. At Stockton, Charles, only son of Mr. Engledow: |